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Why ‘Useless Etymology’ gives you super powers, with Jess Zafarris

Grammar Girl: For Writers and Language Lovers.

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Back-formation and verbs like 'edit'

Jess lists back-formations (evaluate, destruct, edit) and explains how nouns led to later verb forms.

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